HR 2056
District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025
Summary
District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act This bill prohibits the District of Columbia (DC) from limiting its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement activities, except for certain instances involving witnesses and victims of crime. Specifically, the bill bars DC from adopting a law, policy, or practice prohibiting DC governmental entities from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual with a federal, state, or local government entity. Further, DC may not adopt a law, policy, or practice of not complying with lawful requests from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual from custody. (A detainer is a formal request from DHS that a state or locality hold an individual in custody for up to 48 hours after the individual would otherwise be released so that DHS may facilitate the individual's removal.) The bill provides exceptions allowing DC to adopt policies of not sharing information or complying with a detainer request regarding an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness of a crime.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA-3]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Immigration
- Introduced
- 2025-03-11
- Latest action
- 2025-06-12: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee referrals
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-06-12
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee: House · Unknown · 2025-06-12
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee: House · Unknown · 2025-06-11
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-06-03
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-03-25
Recent actions
- 2025-06-12: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-06-12: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-06-12: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 194 (Roll no. 171). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: 6/11/2025 CR H2634)
- 2025-06-12: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 194 (Roll no. 171). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: 6/11/2025 CR H2634)
- 2025-06-12: On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 215 (Roll no. 170).